With a population of 20,955 people, Niles, Ohio is a small city. There are just 2 nursing homes in the city, which doesn't give you too many choices. This relatively small group of facilities received on average an overall grade of B, which is a good score for the city. For comparison's sake, we also assessed the facilities in the nearby city of Chagrin Falls, which received a city grade of B-. While there is nothing wrong with this grade, we found the facilities Niles to be better on the whole. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
As mentioned above, this city's nursing homes received a great overall grade, but we also wanted to emphasize that some of its facilities received almost flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave Niles an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This city earned its second best score in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-, which also isn't too bad. In our final two categories, the city received middle of the road grades for our nursing and long-term care areas.